Improvement in devices for inserting the pintles orpins in butt-hinges



L. P. SUMMERS. Making Butt Hinges.

Patented July 19,1870.-

N-EEYERS. PBOTO-LITHOGRAPNER. WASNINGYON. [LC

Lucius rsUMMEns, or NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, Assrcivon T0 P.

.& F.-CC BIN,. or SAME PLACE.

,Lett crs Patent N 105,513, dated July 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR INSERTING- THE P INTLES ORPINS INBUTT-HINGES.

Ihe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may] concern.- 7 v Beit known that I, Looms P.SUMMEns,of--Ne\v Britain, in the'county of Hart-ford'and State ofGennectlcut, have invented and made aulmprovemerlt iii-Means for DrivingButt-hinge Pins; and the-following isdeclared to be a correctdescription of the same. p I Y Machineshave heretofore been made fordriving hinge-pins, inpwhich the wire is drawn in, cut off, and

forced into the hingc, -and a reference is hereby made to the patent ofH. 1). Blake, assigned to 1. 85 F.

CORBIN, granted March 24, 1868.

My invention relates to the peculiar construction of the holding anddriving mechanism, that receives,

guides, and forces the wire into the hinge-joint.

In tlie'machines heretofbre made, the wire is liable to be bent-,anddifficulty is experienced in directingit into the hole'in the butt. Myimprovement obviates all these difiicnlties, and consists in a holderfor "the pin, made with a hole and intersecting longitudinal groove 0rslot and a driver working into the holder. The pin to be dii'veuis fedinto the hole in'the holder, aml'the'fdriver, which is made as a punchon the edge of a projecting'feather to fit" the said groove, is employedto force the pin into the hinge. 1n the drawing- Figure 1 is anelevation, partially in sectioiushowing my improvement;

.Figure 2,is a section of the holder and driver a the linexx; and 1Figure .3 shows the separate parts sectionally.

The holder a is made-with a groove along its edge, of a size and shapeadapted to the. hinge-pin to be driven. The inner part b of said groove.is similar to a three-quarter round hole, the other quarter, or

about that proportion, being a. groove, 6, longitudin'allypf the holder,and opening into the said 'hole.

This .hol'dcr maybe made of one solid, piece, or of two pieces screwedtogether, and the end of the hole I) is flaring, to facilitate theinsertion of the wire.

The driver [1 is made with a fin, c, and cylindrical punch e, fittingloosely the groove 1) i, so as to be slidden therein. g The parts to bemade use of are to be mounted in any suitable frame and operated bymechanism of any desired or well-known character.

The blank previously out is introduced into the hole I) by any suitablefeeding device, or it may be fed a gauged distance into the-hole b, andthen out olfby any suitable cutter. The Sites of the hole I) and wire Iare such that the wire will bev sustained and kept from bending, but itcan be moved endwise with facility by the driver 6, that receives motionat the proper time from a cam or otherwise. v

The hinge f is presented and held in the proper place at the end of thehole bof the pin-holder, so that said pin or wire o'may be driven intothe same, to connectthe two parts ofsaid hinge. The device aforesaid,although primarily intended to'be operated by automatic means inmachines for making hinges, might beemployed by hand,'if desired. Y

'I claim as my invention-'- The combination of the punch e, fin c, anddriver (I, with the holder (1., provided with. a hole, I), to re ce ivethe wire, and a slot, r7, less than the diameter of the hole I),substantially as and for the purpose described, I Signed by me this 3dday of J une, A. D. 1870.

I1. P. SUMMERS.

Witnesses CHARLES PECK, EDWD. L. Peron.

